Crossing the finish line... running, walking or crawling... (Reserve Retirement Process)

[taxi1]

but I was doing a TON of funerals at the time

Why am I thinking of the movie Wedding Crashers?

But thanks for repping our service for the vets!

 

[vxc961]

Or NAKED GUN? “I haven’t had this much sex since I was a Boy Scout Leader! I mean, at the time, I was very sexually active…”

 

[DangerousDan]

Most despondent person I ever met was a post squadron SELRES CDR on a one year MOB to DJ, running base ops. That dude looked miserable.

I actually enjoyed the year I spent in Djibouti back in 2014-2015. It was much better than spending another year working 16 hours a day in Iraq like I did back in 2008. My favorite part was the Wardroom with the 2 beers a day.

 

[DangerousDan]

And that's all she wrote. Today is technically my last day as a SELRES, but the RAPIDS labs aren't open on weekends, so I dropped off my CAC at the NOAA office in Seattle, and picked up my retired ID. At this point I have to say I'm just glad to be done. It was a tough choice, because after all the screwiness that was my career, I had somehow stumbled my way back onto the Golden Path. I turned down what would have been a 15-month XO ride which would have been a basically-guaranteed-if-you-don't-screw-up #1 EP, which would have set me up well to buck for command and O-6 if I'd stayed in.

But I looked at the path ahead if I'd wanted to make O-6 and flag, and realized my life wouldn't have been my own, my parents aren't getting any younger, and what would I get at the end by holding down essentially a second full-time job? Statistically probably not stars, and so it was a choice to not kneecap my career in tech for an extra $15K on my pension. There's other places and ways to earn money. So in that case, rip the Band-Aid off and be done, because every hour more I put in is an hour I'm not putting into either caring for myself or becoming a more proficient geek.

Here's to 20+ more years in the tech sector . . .

Congratulations on finishing out your career.

 

[insanebikerboy]

My favorite part was the Wardroom with the 2 beers a day.

I did like the Wardroom. Still have my tshirt. Plus, the two drinks per day seemed more of a recommendation, so I never left there seeing straight.

 

[DangerousDan]

I did like the Wardroom. Still have my tshirt. Plus, the two drinks per day seemed more of a recommendation, so I never left there seeing straight.

I still drink bier out of my wardroom chalace.

 

[Uncle Fester]

I actually enjoyed the year I spent in Djibouti back in 2014-2015. It was much better than spending another year working 16 hours a day in Iraq like I did back in 2008. My favorite part was the Wardroom with the 2 beers a day.

Bleah. I was there in 2007-08 when a lot of folks were still living in tents (CLUville was being built) and half the base worked out of the old adobe Legionnaire huts. Three Tuskers a day wasn't much compensation. The DFAC and the gym were pretty nice, though.